Marion Frances Chevalier
Marion Frances Chevalier (January 21, 1902 – February 17, 1990)[1] was a philologist best known for her discovery in the Bibliothèque d'Orléans of The Adventures and Marriage of Panurge, a play by that had remained unknown for 250 years, even though it was the first drama derived from the works of Rabelais.[2] Her analysis of this play formed the basis of her Ph.D. thesis, in 1933, from Johns Hopkins University, under the supervision of Henry Carrington Lancaster.
A professorship in French and Comparative Literature was established in her name at the University of Southern California. The professorship has been held by scholars such as and Peggy Kamuf.[3] A photograph of her can be found in the Johns Hopkins University Historical Photograph Collection.[4]
References[]
- ^ Birth date from Ohio Private Academic Libraries catalog entry.
- ^ Chevalier, Marion F. (1933), A Dramatic Adaptation of Rabelais in the Seventeenth Century: Les Aventures et Le Mariage de Panurge (1674) by Pousset de Montauban, with a Study of his Life and Other Plays, Johns Hopkins University. Review by C. D. Zdanowicz (1934), Modern Language Notes 49(7): 483–484. Review by Robert V. Merrill (1934), Modern Philology 32(1): 97. Review by F. J. Tanquerey (1935, in French), Modern Language Review 30(2): 250–251.
- ^ "USC College Department of English". Archived from the original on 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ Historical Photo Collection subject listing Archived 2012-12-10 at archive.today.
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